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Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Open World 2013 - Tuesday: Focus on RAC Attack

The big discussions from Oracle was around "Internet of Things". This is the future where your fridge tells you that the butter has curdled and you need to order more Arugula. Or your car is speeding. Or your portable electric generator has kicked in. Or your credit card has been used. Or ...

In other words, the "Internet of Things" is all about capturing real time data, in a standardized form, from nearly every device out there.

The potential impact on data volumes and security are ... well ... big.

There are millions of users on the internet, and there are potentially dozens and hundreds of security access points per user.

BUT, there are potentially thousands or even millions of devices *for each user*, acting as sensors and sending data back for information, action and analysis. And these also need an identity and related security.

Who said DBA role is dead? If you didn't understand performance before, you will need to now.

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On my side, it was day 1 of RAC Attack. In case you do not know about RAC Attack, it is a hands-on workshop to help interested people to build a complete RAC on a laptop as a learning environment. The details of what we build are at http://racattack.org/12c and that includes each and every small detail to implement your own.

This is in addition to, not instead of, the various Build-your-own-RAC articles at OTN and the various blogs. The difference is that we provide hands-on assistance to interested individuals.

This year it is the OTN Lounge and being run by a number of OTN members, including 3 Oracle ACEs and 5 Oracle ACE Directors (including 'yours truly').

Thanks to
- Oracle Technology Network for making their space available for this
- Dell Corp for providing a server
- Exit Certified for providing several laptops as loaners
- this crop of RAC Attack volunteers
- Jeremy Schneider, Dan Norris and Parto Jalili for kicking it off several years ago and keeping it alive

Look for RAC Attack at any Oracle conference or user group meeting near you. Feel free to contact me, or OTN, or any RAC Attacker if you want a session at your location.